Introduction to Cyber Security detailed syllabus for CSE Stream Chemistry Group for 2022 Scheme curriculum has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the CSE Stream Chemistry Group students. For course code, course name, duration, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For CSE Stream Chemistry Group 2nd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSE Stream Chemistry Group 2nd Sem 2022 Scheme scheme. For Emerging Technology Course-II scheme and its subjects refer to CSE Stream Chemistry Group Emerging Technology Course-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of introduction to cyber security is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Teaching-Learning Process
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- Chalk and Board
- Demonstration
- Interactive learning
- Videos and online material
Module 1:
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Module 2:
(8 hours of pedagogy) Cyber Offenses: How Criminals Plan Them:Introduction, How criminals plan the attacks, Social Engineering, Cyber Stalking, Cybercaafe & cybercrimes. Botnets: The fuel for cybercrime, Attack Vector. Textbook:1 Chapter 2 (2.1 to 2.7)
Module 3:
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Module 4:
( 8 ours of pedagogy) Phishing and Identity Theft: Introduction, methods of phishing, phishing,phising techniques, spear phishing, types of phishing scams, phishing toolkits and spy phishing, counter measures, Identity Theft Textbook:1 Chapter 5 (5.1. to 5.3)
Module 5:
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Course Outcomes:
(Course Skill Set) At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain the cybercrime terminologies
- Describe Cyber offenses and Botnets
- Illustrate Tools and Methods used on Cybercrime
- Explain Phishing and Identity Theft
- Justify the need of computer forensics
Suggested Learning Resources:
Books (Title of the Book/Name of the author/Name of the publisher/Edition and Year)
- Sunit Belapure and Nina Godbole, “Cyber Security: Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer Forensics And Legal Perspectives”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, ISBN: 978-81- 265-21791, 2011, First Edition (Reprinted 2018)
Web links and Video Lectures (e-Resources):
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Activity Based Learning (Suggested Activities in Class)/ Practical Based learning
- Illustration of standard case study of cyber crime
- Setup a cyber court at Institute level
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